Copyright 1923
Covici-McGee
Chicago

This is a limited edition of 575 copies of which
550 copies are for sale and this copy is
No. 559.

DEDICATED TO MINNA AND FEYDA

—They will meet under
different circumstances

[CONCERNING AMERICA][1]
[CRY, NAKED AND PERSONAL][3]
[FANTASY][6]
[HATRED OF METAPHOR AND SIMILE][9]
[TIME, INFINITY AND ETERNITY DESCEND UPON A BLACK DERBY HAT] [11]
[I WALK UPON A STREET][13]
[THE INCURABLE MYSTIC ANSWERS WESTERN AMBITIONS][15]
[PLATONIC NARRATIVE][17]
[PORTRAITS][19]
[NEGRO CRIMINAL][26]
[SHORT STORY IN SONNET FORM][27]
[FEMININE TALK][28]
[THE SWORD CONVERSES WITH A PHILOSOPHER][31]
[CAPTAIN SIMMONS][34]
[MORE ABOUT CAPTAIN SIMMONS][36]
[CAPTAIN SIMMONS’ WIFE][37]
[NORTH CLARK STREET, CHICAGO][38]
[LANDSCAPE][41]
[COUNTRY GIRL][42]
[NONDESCRIPT TYPIST][43]
[CONCERNING EMOTIONS][44]
[METAPHYSICAL ELIZABETH][45]
[DESCRIPTION AND EXHORTATION][46]
[INEVITABLE][47]
[THE NEGROES WHO TURNED WHITE][48]
[EXPRESSIONS ON A CHILD’S FACE][50]
[PSYCHIC CLOWNS][51]
[DEAR MINNA][53]
[VILLAGE CLERK][55]
[REALISM][56]
[AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE SHOW][58]